Aimee Leong

Gum Arabic

Gum arabic is a difficult mixture of long and short chains of sugars (arabinogalactan oligosaccharides and polysaccharides) and glycoproteins, (proteins with sugars attached).

•What type of nutrient/chemical is it?
The type of nutrient/chemical is a carbohydrate.
•What human body systems are most affected by this?
It is used for sore throats, soothe clogged bronchial passages, and is usuaully mixed together with water to become a paste to ease and heal external injuries.
•From what type of foods do we mainly obtain this chemical/nutrient?
The type of foods that mainly obtain gum arabic are soft drink syrups, hard gummy candies, marshmallows, M & M's, and most of all chewing gums.
•What is the chemical/nutrient’s chemical formula?
(C6 H10 O5)n
•Include a diagram of the molecule.

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